Falcons fined $350,000 and lose 2016 fifth round draft pick

[Mr. Scot]

He sure did get hard for the Panthers.

That was more about Hardy than the Panthers, and a true suspension is still coming there.

But more to the point, that came after he got hammered for the Ray Rice fiasco.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

That was more about Hardy than the Panthers, and a true suspension is still coming there.

But more to the point, that came after he got hammered for the Ray Rice fiasco.

Yep.  Goodell panicked and caved like a little bitch with the Hardy situation.  That's all there is to that.

[PanthersUnited]

Screw that! Severe? Maybe we should consider pumping in noise, almost seems worth it.

Actually, now that you mention it, it does seem worth it

[Mr. Scot]

Piped noise doesn't work that well when you're not in a dome.

[mr beauxjangles]

A few background tidbits:

 

The Saints traded away their first round pick the year before Bountygate, so there was no first round pick for the NFL to strip that year. Ergo, two second round picks for Bountygate. 

 

Other recent draft pick penalties (sourced form a reddit post):

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2upd36/is_there_a_list_of_teams_who_have_been_stripped/

 

 

Lions ordered to swap 2011 fifth round picks with Chiefs and stripped of 2012 conditional pick (sixth round if Lions make 2011 playoffs, else seventh round) by NFL as penalty for tampering

 

49ers ordered to forfeit 2008 fifth round pick (#142) and to swap their 2008 third round pick (#70-Earl Bennett) for Bears

 

2008 third round pick (#75-Reggie Smith) on 2008-03-24 as penalty for violating the NFL Anti-Tampering Policy by contacting Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs' agent without the Bears' permission

 

[49ers, 92nd overall of 2002 draft] Forfeited pick due to under-reporting player salary in an attempt to circumvent the salary cap

 

2001 Steelers forfeit third-round pick for exceeding 1998 salary cap

 

[top dawg]

I am not gonna believe any rumors anymore until they happen.

 

 

[Jeremy Igo]

May have been more severe if they actually won some games last year. 

 

 

Cheaters that lose anyways..... .lol.

[PanthersBigD]

Eh, who cares. They've been our bitches for a while now. Cheating didn't help, which only makes them that much more pathetic. 

[UpstatePanther]

I read that as "Sever my nutsack" and cringed mightily

 

you made me lol in the library. now everyone is looking at me funny. thnx bruh

[JawnyBlaze]

What a joke of a punishment. They might as well have made Blank sit in the corner at the annual meeting as the team's punishment.

[Jangler]

fug'em

[Moorgan]

We get 2 5th rd picks...huddle jumps for joy at the possibilities. They lose a 5th..."that pick ain't worth poo! Weak sauce!"

SMH

[MHS831]

Weak rule enforcement.  I guess Goodell has never tried to block an edge rusher when you can't hear your qb.

[Mr. Scot]

We get 2 5th rd picks...huddle jumps for joy at the possibilities. They lose a 5th..."that pick ain't worth poo! Weak sauce!"

SMH

Well to be fair, the person doing the picking does make a difference.